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Comparing Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 vs. i9 9900KF

Below you can compare the latest CPU-s across multiple benchmarks. Explore detailed graphs, performance scores, and rankings to quickly find the model that best suits your workflow and creative needs.

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Verdict

The Xeon E5-2666 v3 is 7% slower than the i9 9900KF

Averaged over 3 rendering benchmarks, the i9 9900KF leads in 2 of them. The biggest gap is in Cinebench 2026, where the i9 9900KF scores 36% higher.

4,146* · Xeon E5-2666 v3
4,916 · i9 9900KF
10,797* · Xeon E5-2666 v3
12,138* · i9 9900KF
613* · Xeon E5-2666 v3
685* · i9 9900KF
2,796* · Xeon E5-2666 v3
2,081 · i9 9900KF
17 · Xeon E5-2666 v3
18* · i9 9900KF
143 · Xeon E5-2666 v3
125* · i9 9900KF
2,083* · Xeon E5-2666 v3
2,830* · i9 9900KF

Scores marked with * are estimated from the other benchmarks we have for that device.

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Ranking by benchmarks

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Cinebench R23

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Methodology

Our data above is compiled from multiple sources:

  • Our own benchmarks: We conduct extensive testing with the GPU and CPU models we use on the farm. Over the past 10 years we have tested over 1,000 GPUs and 500 CPUs.

  • Model scores: Once we have two or more benchmarks for a device we can perform some machine learning computations to estimate a realistic score in any of the other benchmarks we list. These are always marked with an asterisk (*), and while usually accurate shouldn't be taken as the complete truth.

  • Public benchmark data: We may supplement our dataset with scores from public OctaneBench, V-Ray Benchmark and Blender Benchmark websites. We cannot test every device available ourselves, so this gives us a nice alternative to get You the results you are looking for.

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